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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nathan hear his relatives discussing at Henry's funeral?
(a) Conditions in Israel.
(b) Henry's eulogy.
(c) Conditions in Germany.
(d) Henry's last days.

2. What is the source of Nathan's Jewish memories?
(a) His second wife.
(b) His third wife.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) His first wife.

3. What causes Henry to become depressed?
(a) His job loss.
(b) A death in the family.
(c) His job.
(d) His impotence.

4. What does Henry feel without his children near?
(a) Confused.
(b) Strange.
(c) Irrational.
(d) Sad.

5. What does Nathan believe to look "unholy"?
(a) The Jewish sinogauge.
(b) The Wailing Wall.
(c) The Jewish community.
(d) Shuki's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a fan of Nathan's writing?

2. Where does Nathan finally find Henry?

3. Who is in the photograph that Nathan's family is proud of?

4. What does Nathan think he should have told Lippman at dinner?

5. Who says their life in New Jersey was pointless and misdirected?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jimmy Ben-Joseph? Why does he like Nathan's writing?

2. Discuss the eulogy Carol gives at Henry's funeral.

3. What is the Wailing Wall? What are Nathan's thoughts about it?

4. Discuss the place Nathan and Henry visit.

5. What happens when Nathan compares his father to Lippman?

6. Discuss Nathan's encounter with the woman with an American accent.

7. What are Nathan's thoughts during Henry's funeral?

8. Discuss Maria's divorce.

9. Whom does Nathan notice at Henry's funeral?

10. What do Nathan and Henry discuss after dinner at Lippman's?

(see the answer keys)

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